Improvement in the oonstbuction of ioe-pitohees



' the pitcher a protecting plate, having a. foot that`enters th'e lsaid socket.

or innerV wall, c is the inner bottom, and d is the outer or lower bottom.

@nimh tetro @anni @Hirte J-AooB B. BAILEY, oE NEW YORK; N. Y., Assienon To THE BAiLEYMANU- EAGTUBING COMPANY, 0E SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 76,378, dated April 7, 1868.

A 'IMPROVEMNT INTHE CONSTRUCTION OF IGEPITGHBRS.

To ALL4 wHoM rr MAY ooNoEBN:

Be it known that I,JACoB lB. BAU-.EL of the city andState of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, a certain new and usefu'l Improvement in Ice-Pitchers or'Water-Coolers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to the 'annexed drawing, making part of thisepecication, wherein-` Figure 1 is a. vertical section of a pitcher showing my improvement, and

Figure 2 is a section showing the separatepiecesv composing the bottom of thepitcher.

'Similar marks ofv reference denote the same parts.

The object of my invention is to prevent injury to the bottom of the pitcher orcooler, by the concussion ,from pieces of ice dropped into such pitcher. In tliewater-'coolers heretofore made, having this object in View,v

there has been a. piece of metal introduced between the two thicknesses forming the bottom, but this ha. beenany protection to the thinsheet metal itself from contact with the sharp corners ofthe ice.

The nature of my said invention consists'.` in an ice-pitcher or water-cooler in which the interior or upper bottom is extended down in the form of a socket or foot resting upon the interior of the lower bottom plate,- and that is shaped so as to be at the same level as the supporting edge of the pitcher, and I introduce within By this means the concussion of ice dropped into the pitcher is taken upon the protecting plate, and the bottom ot: the pitcher relieved.

In the drawing, a is the exterior of the water-pitcher or cooler, of any desired size-or form, is the lining downward `projection from the bottom, c, and setting tightly within a corresponding downward projection, y, from the bottom,d. By this construction the bottom of the pitcher will rest at the centre, as well as the circumference, upon the table or support, and thereby be sustained. f is the interior protecting plate, formed with a'central foot or post, entering a. socket, e. This protecting plate muy be attached permanently into place, or t be removable, for cleaning, beneath it, and the same may be formed of metahrubbcr, ror other material.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iswl 1. The foot-or socket e of the inner bottom plate c, extending downwardsinto the projection q of the bot. tom, d, substantially as set forth.

' 2. I claim the protecting'platef, incombination with the double bottom of the ice-pitcher or water-cooler,

said protecting plante being introduced within the pitcher, and secured substantially :is set forth. i Dated April. 27,1867.

J'. B. BAILEY.. Witnesses GEO. D.- WALKER, vCRAs-L H. SMITH.

e is a foot or socket, formed as :t 

